Christmas Trees
Oh Family Tree, Oh Family Tree! by Colleen G. Brown Pasquale at Leaves & Branches
O CHRISTMAS TREE, O CHRISTMAS TREE! by Linda Stufflebean at Empty Branches on the Family Tree
For Teddy Roosevelt’s Son, Rebelling Meant Sneaking Christmas Trees Into the White House by Cara Giaimo at Atlast Obscura – 1902: Christmas trees an “absurd fad” or a delightful surprise hidden in a closet?
A Christmas Tree by Jill Ball at GeniAus – a festive way to visualize ancestors
The Family Curator’s Guide to Holiday Re-Gifting by Denise Levenick at The Family Curator
Kids and Teens
Six Ways to Give the Gift of Generosity to Children and Teenagers by Ron Lieber at The New York Times – tell family history stories about people who have helped you
Family History for Kids isn’t Rocket Science! by Michelle G. Taggart at A Southern Sleuth
DNA Chromosome Map Poster for Grandkids by Debbie Parker Wayne at Deb’s Delvings in Genealogy
Childhood Christmas Memories Interview by Emily Kowalski Schroeder at Growing Little Leaves
Making Memories into Special Events by Daniel at the MyHeritage Blog
RootsTech
Innovator Summit Semi-Finalists Announced! by Christine Woodcock at Scottish Genealogy Tips And Tidbits
Rootstech Innovator Showdown Semi-Finalists by Jill Ball at GeniAus
Watch Family Discovery Day Live at the FamilySearch Blog
family history fan chart quilt by Allison Kimball at Simple Inspiration
DNA
Lifetime Achievement Awards for Bennett Greenspan and Max Blankfeld by Roberta Estes at DNA eXplalined – check out the intricate double helix quilts Roberta made!
Meet Your Chromosome Painting at the 23andMe Blog
New Family Tree DNA Holiday Coupons – And the 12 Myths of Family Finder by Roberta Estes at DNA eXplained – The twelve days of Christmas, DNA style.
Writing
What’s the Best Way to Write About History? by Biff Barnes at Stories to Tell
1,000 Stories by Melissa Finlay at Finlay Family
The Twentieth Century – not really history? by Janet Few at the In-Depth Genealogist
LDS
Sister Wives Series #11: Elizabeth Dowding (the 10th wife) by Grover at By Common Consent
Church Presents Historic Freedmen’s Bureau Database to African American Museum at the Mormon Newsroom
Special FamilySearch Ambassadors will help find names to take to the temples at RootsTech 2017 by James Tanner at Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad
News
Some Court Minutes (or court orders) Now Online At FamilySearch by Annette at AK’s Genealogy Research
Incline Software Releases Ancestral Quest 15 by James Tanner at Genealogy’s Star
Black America’s genealogy of hope by Christian Schneider at USA Today
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